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Introduction to PMP® Certification Course

Based on PMBOK® Guide – Fifth Edition

PMP & PMBOK are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.

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Agenda

What are PMP® and PMI® Application process PMP® exam syllabus What is PMP® exam like About this tutorial

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What are PMP® and PMI

PMP®: Project Management Professional PMI: Project Management Institute PMI is an organization; PMP® is a credential PMI writes and supervises the PMP® examinations PMP® credential is valid for 3 years PDU: Professional Development Unit PMBOK® Guide: A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge PMBOK® Guide is a textbook for the PMP® exam

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Application Requirements for the PMP® Exam

Category College/University Education

PM Training Hours Leading and Directing Project Tasks

Months of PM Experience

One Bachelor’s Degree 35 Contact Hours

4,500 hours 36 months within last 8 years

Two High School Graduate

35 Contact Hours

7,500 hours 60 months within last 8 years

R.E.P.: Registered Education Provider Application can be submitted online Once the exam fee is paid, PMI sends an Authorization Letter Some applications are randomly selected for “audit” Examination must be taken within a year of receiving the Authorization Letter For more details, refer to the PMP® handbook on www.pmi.org

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Guidelines to Fill Up the PMP® Application

Here are a few guidelines that will help you fill up your application: 1. Become a PMI® member before submitting the PMP® application; 2. Enter the name and contact details carefully; 3. In the “project experience” field, enter just enough information to meet

the eligibility criteria; 4. State the work done in brief – focus specifically on the work that YOU

have done; 5. Contact all the “Primary Contacts” mentioned in your application before

submitting the application and make sure they will be prepared to validate the experience if required during the audit;

6. If you are not sure, ask an existing PMP® professional to review before submitting.

If your application does get picked for audit:

1. Follow instructions received on email, collect evidence and submit.

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About the PMP® Exam

Total duration of the exam is 4 hours. Total number of questions: 200. Out of these, 25 questions are considered pre-test questions

used for future tests. Only 175 questions are scored. All questions are “multiple choice questions”, with only one correct answer. You get 1 point for every right question. There is no penalty for wrong answers. PMI grades students on each of the five process groups and assigns a grading of “Below

Proficient”, “Proficient” and “Moderately Proficient” in each of the five process groups. The final result (pass or fail) is determined by a combination of these grades. How many grades or

number of points one has to score to pass the PMP® exam is not made public by PMI. For more details, please refer to the “PMP Examination Content Outline” on the PMI website.

Project Management Process Group Percentage of Questions

Number of Questions

Initiating 13 26

Planning 24 48

Executing 30 60

Monitoring and Controlling 25 50

Closing 8 16

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PMP® Exam Syllabus

There are 5 process groups. They are:

Initiating Planning Executing Monitoring and Controlling Closing

There are 10 knowledge areas. They are: Project Integration Management Project Scope Management Project Time Management Project Cost Management Project Quality Management Project Human Resource Management Project Communications Management Project Risk Management Project Procurement Management Project Stakeholder Management

There are 47 project management processes. For instance, “Develop Schedule”, one of the processes, is a part of the “Planning” process group and the “Project Time Management” knowledge area.

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About this Tutorial

There are a total of 15 lessons. This being the first one. The other lessons are:

Lesson 2: Project Management Framework Lesson 3: Project Management Processes Groups Lesson 4: Integration Management Lesson 5: Scope Management Lesson 6: Time Management Lesson 7: Cost Management Lesson 8: Quality Management Lesson 9: Human Resource Management Lesson 10: Communication Management Lesson 11: Risk Management Lesson 12: Procurement Management Lesson 13: Stakeholder Management Lesson 14: Process Group View Lesson 15: Professional and Social Responsibility

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